Some "GOLDEN
OLDIES" Photos....
(and some "NEW" Photos, Too!)

NOTE: This website is no
longer accepting photos for inclusion on the website. This may change in
the future, at which time an announcement will be made. Thank You.

Do you have old or new photos you'd like to share with us?

We'd like you to consider sending a THEN and NOW picture for inclusion on the web site,
and also copies of any old pictures you might have from "way back
when." So, get on up in
your attics, or down in your basements, and see if you can find some! After all, it's the
pictures that really bring back fond memories, and your fellow alumni enjoy seeing new ones!

How to get your photos
on the Web Site

If you
have access to a scanner, you can scan your photos and send them via E-mail as JPEG
files to the web site manager, Jim Sullivan at:
eastenders.alumni.assoc@gmail.com
Or, if you don't have access to a scanner, you can mail them to Jim Sullivan at: 1340 Bloomingdale Drive, Cary, NC 27511. All mailed pictures will be returned within 2 days of receipt.

NOTE:
When viewing photos, should you ever receive"THIS
PAGE NOT FOUND"or"THIS PAGE
CANNOT BE DISPLAYED"error
messages, or a small
box with a RED
"X"instead
of a photo, click on the
"REFRESH" icon located at the
top of your Internet browser screen to correct the problem.

New PHOTOS added each MONTH are highlighted in yellow.

Old
Street Maps of Bridgeport(Pre-Thruway)
sent in by member Donald Browne.
Note: to expand the maps to regular size for viewing, click on the lower right
hand portion of the map

The Lower East End:
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The Upper East End:
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The Lower East Side:
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The Upper East Side:
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More old (1951 era) Maps of
Bridgeport
Note: to expand the maps to regular size for viewing, click on the lower right
hand portion of the map

Harding
High School Football Team photos (1927,1928,1942,1947,1956):
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Harding High School Football Team Co-Captains (Billy Riley & Bob Super) 1963:
View Harding High School Freshman Football Team 1963:
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Warren Harding High School Basketball Team (1961): View
Richard
Mayer, early
1970's Harding High Principal (note: by the mid-70's he was principal at
Harding's arch-rival, Central High),
along with his son, recording artist/musician/rock star John
Mayer: View
Harding
High School State Championship Football Team, 1963
Football Season:
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Harding
High School Junior Varsity (JV) Football Team, 1962
Football Season:
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Harding
High School Senior Choir - 1957/1958:
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Harding
High School Class of 1963, Junior Year Class Officers (1961-1962):
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Warren Harding High School's principal from the 1950s and 1960's:
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Warren Harding High School's Assistant principals, from 1962:
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Harding's Football Coaches from the 1950's and 1960's: Gene McCarthy, Steve Miska, Stephen
Havanich (Note: Mr. Havanich passed away January 1996 in North Palm Beach, FL,
at age 85):
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Harding High 1957 Freshman Football Team: View
Warren Harding High School Cheerleaders (1960-61): View
Warren Harding High School Cheerleaders (1961-62): View
Warren Harding High School Cheerleaders (1962-63) from December 2, 1962:
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Who is this young Harding couple dancing the night away during the Fall of 1961?:
View
Remember getting your picture taken before going to the High School Dance?
Here are a few from the 60's: View
Six Harding Class classmates of 1956 at their 45th Reunion (2001):
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Harding Classes of 1962 and 1963
Combined 40th Reunion (2002) Photos: View
Dee Wust and John Hodska after Harding-Central Football Game Pep Assembly in 1960: View
Annette Buchwalder and Maryella Callahan at a 1961 Harding Record Hop: View
1962 Bridgeport "Twist" Champions, Earl Benedetto and Lucille (Cordone)
Del Monaco, winners at a Cerebral Palsy Radiothon held at Klein Memorial in
February 1962: View
Annie Moore, Mary Robinson, and Carolyn Parker study Biology in Ms. Money's
class 1966: View
Warren Harding High School Class of 1945, Home Room #210 (Ms. Carig):
View
Warren Harding High School Class of
1965 - 25th Reunion Photo (courtesy of Chris
Grandfield Ruas): View
Warren Harding High Record Hop, 1961. Trent McGee and Frankie Melvin win the
Twist Contest (other
recognizable faces included in photo, as well):
View

HARDING
HIGH NOTE: For all you Warren Harding High School graduates, especially those of you who
wore the Blue & Gold of the football team, its cheerleaders, or were team
supporters (I'm thinking that just about includes all of us former graduates!)
here is your opportunity to give something back to your school. There is an
exciting new development regarding Warren Harding High's football program. A new
organization, "The Harding Football Foundation, LLC" was recently founded in
Bridgeport. Led by a Board of Directors made up of former Harding students from
our "era", the group is raising funds in support of Harding's football program.
Want to make a donation? The Harding Football Foundation, LLC is a non-profit
organization and all donations are tax deductible. Checks should be made out to:
The Harding Football Foundation, and mailed to: The Community's Bank, Attn:
Cynthia H. Payne, Branch Manager, 2574 East Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06610. They have created colorful printed brochures explaining their mission,
goals, and objectives, etc.,: VIEW Brochure For those of you planning
Harding Class Reunions, I know they
would be most appreciative if you could make these brochures available to your
classmates, either in your reunion announcement mailing, or handed out the night
of your reunion. Please contact our member Ernest L. Parker, at e-mail
innercityvpa@aol.com and let him know how many brochures you will need. He can
also be reached by phone: 203-913-3778.

Eighteen
members of East Side Boy Scout Troop Number 34 (sponsored by the Bridgeport
Brass Co.) Circa 1952: View
Major League Baseball player, Neal Ball,
lived on Wilmot Avenue in the East End of Bridgeport: View
The Murphy Brothers
(Bobby, Gerald, & Gary) from the corner of Stratford Ave and
Bishop Ave, Circa 1963: View
Old
Frisbie Pie Poster - Christmas Season:View
East
End Railroad Yard with Ringling
Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus train cars (1950's):View
The Remington self-propelled car that took explosives and personnel from the
plant (near the shot tower) up to the Remington Woods on Success Hill:
View
Remember the "Vegetable Man" who drove
his fruit and vegetable truck all over the East End and East Side? He was Sol
"Sal" Diamond,
shown here with his truck in Yellow Mill Village in 1952. View photo/story
The
Stone Bridge out to the island at Beardsley Park, circa 1945:View
Remember the "Rag Man" who
rode
his horse drawn wagon all over the East End and East Side? He was Hyman Charmitz,
shown here with his horse "Bob" in the late 1940s, along with his
fascinating story:View photo/story
Maraczi's, Homa's, Nu-Champs (owned by my father, Jerry Sullivan, in the mid-1950's and
which later became Bru-Conte's), and other
memorable Bridgeport Restaurant photos from back during their hey-day:View
Newspaper
article and photo of Bridgeport vocal group, The Themes (Joe Reeves, Don Dulka,
Peter Arroyo, John Ulatowski, Henry Perez), from 1965:View
The GE plant on Boston Avenue "lights up" during the Christmas season:View
Remember stock car racing at the Candlelight Stadium track? Here's an early 1950's
photo:
View
Eleven
of the guys hanging
out at the Orcutt Boys Club, 1965:
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Group
photo of Success Park area
Boy Scout Troop #15 from 1956: View
Some Blessed Sacrament Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts; Circa early 1950's: View
Here's a photo of about a dozen kids from Father Panik Village, taken around
1954 (Help name them): View
The Bridgeport Harbor tugboat, "Mary P. McKenna", operating in the
Pequonnock River in
1953: View
Seaside
Park photo, 1949: View
Success Park
Brownie Troop, Circa 1955 (a lot of Harding Class of '62 girls in this one!):
View
Some East-End girls ice skating at Seaside Park in the 1950's: View
Barnum Parade photos from 1950:
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Remember riding the CR&L (Connecticut Railway & Light) Busses? Here's a
photo of one from the 1950's, with driver Walter J. Kandro (Kandratowicz) sent
in by his daughter, Laura. She also included the following poem from the time
period: "Oh, you can't get to heaven on the CR&L, 'Cause the
goddam bus goes straight to hell!" ViewEast-End Kids from 1957. Individual Grammar School photos
(35) from B.J. (Mastroni)
Perez:
Boys and Girls
More East-End Kids from 1957/1958. Individual Grammar School photos (13): ViewEven More East-End Kids from 1957/1958. Individual Grammar School photos and others
from Marie (Ruggiero) Appleby (15): View
East-End Kids from 1955, 1956, 1957. Individual Grammar School photos (28): View
Hanging out on Stratford Ave in 1961: Jay Sullivan, Eddie Slattery, Joe Sullivan, John Yakowicz
ViewEast Side Girl Scouts from the 1950's: View
Having some fun at Seaside Park: View
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Pembroke
Street: View
St. Michael Archangel Catholic Church, Pulaski Street: View

Some "Mini-Reunion" Pictures......(be
sure to send us yours!)

Recent photos taken when old friends have gotten together for the first time in many
years: View

Artist/Painter Louis Trapasso, an old -time East-Ender, is currently working on a series of paintings depicting downtown Bridgeport
as it was in the 40's through the 50's.

Here are seven of
Louis' works on this
project, which I'm sure you will enjoy. Included among them are (1) The Congress
Candy Store and The Loew's Poli at Main and Congress Streets, (2) Dolan's Corner
and the Waldorf Cafeteria at Golden Hill and Middle Streets, (3) The Globe
Theatre on Main Street, (4) The White Tower Restaurant at Main and Congress
Streets, (5) The corner of Main Street
and Fairfield Avenue, (6) Thursday Night Downtown at the corner of Main and
Fairfield, (7) Lane's Diner on Broad Street next to the old UI building. To view them, click on:
View

Louis, who lived
on Smith Street directly behind Newfield School, attended Newfield and
Lincoln schools, and Blessed Sacrament Church. He would like to expand this
series of paintings to cover some of
the old neighborhoods in other parts of the city - like the East End and the
East Side. Ultimately, he wants to produce a group of paintings that the city
would retain as a visual addition to the historical record of Bridgeport's past,
and which would always be available for public viewing. Unfortunately, Louis
says his memory is not sharp enough to produce an accurate representation
without the help of photographic reference material (I think we all can
empathize with that!) So, if you could recommend anyone who might be a possible
source for this type of material, please contact Louis at his e-mail address: lwtrap@snet.net

The following website: CinemaTour.com has photos of some of your favorite old Movie Theatre's
as they look today: American Theatre, 1126 E Main St; Barnum Theatre, 1828-30 Barnum Ave;
Colonial Theatre, 830 Boston Ave; Hippodrome Theatre, 1411 Stratford Ave;
Majestic Theater, 1347 Main St; Loews Poli Theatre
(aka: Palace Theatre), 1325 Main St. They also include a listing of all of
Bridgeport's theatres, so you might recognize a few more. You get there by going to: www.cinematour.com

Here are links to the website of Frank M. Longo, Jr.. His website has three photos of the Pleasure Beach,
circa 1999-2000. You can view his copyrighted photos by clicking on the
following internet links to his website: Carousel
Photo #1, Carousel
Photo #2, and Pleasure Beach Sunset
(NOTE: Please limit your use of these photos to viewing only as the photographs are the property
of and are
copyrighted by Frank M. Longo, Jr.)

Here's the History of Seaside Park (Yes, good old P.T. Barnum had a hand in
creating it!): History

Links to some Old Photos of Bridgeport

Bridgeport's Public Library

The Bridgeport Public Library has created a wonderful website featuring many historical photos and oral histories from the East
Side and East End of Bridgeport.
We recommend you visit their web site to both view and listen to their extensive collection. You can visit the Bridgeport Public Library site by
clicking on: www.bridgeporthistory.org

If you would like to link to some examples of what is available on the Bridgeport Public Library website, visit these photos:

Central High School Web Site: Bridgeport's Central High School's Website has close to
100 old Post Cards of
some of Bridgeport's most famous Landmarks. It is a rich collection that will surely bring back many memories.
You get there by going to: Central
High School
and then selecting "School History", and then selecting: "Bridgeport History in Postcards."
Jack Nilan from Central High School would like our group to help him with a
historical project. He would like
to get an oral history of Bridgeport to complement the Post Card collection on Central High School's Website.
On any particular postcard, he would like your comments or remembrances that he would then post underneath the picture. For example, if people worked at the
Warner's or GE site they could talk about when they worked there and what they
did. He would like to get each contributor's names and birthdates, if possible,
as well. Send your comments (along with the Post Card identifier) to Jack Nilan
via e-mail at: jacknilan@yahoo.com

The following web site and pictures may also bring
back some memories

Did you ever go to the Candlelite-Pix Twin Drive-In Theatres (on River
St) back in the 50's & 60's? If so, you might recall this advertisement
they used to show (if, in fact, you ever were actually able to see the screen
through the fogged-up windows!): View

Links to Pictures of
changes being made to Bridgeport neighborhoods by Habitat for Humanity

Bridgeport's
Habitat for Humanity is busy working to eliminate substandard housing within the
city of Bridgeport.
Visit their website and view pictures from their work on the East End, the East
Side, and the West End neighborhoods (you might even see your old house!): View

Bridgeport-born people who went on to work in the Stage and Screen industry

See
if anyone you knew from "back-in-the-day" went on to work either in
front of or behind the cameras and/or footlights: View

Lost your Harding High School Yearbook?

I've
been told you can contact Harding High School and request a copy. Harding
High has original copies of old class yearbooks for sale for $25.00. They
might not have all years available, but it wouldn't hurt to call them and see
if they have the year you are looking for. Call the High School at: 1734
Central Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06607, Phone: 203-576-7330. If they don't have
your year, you can ask if they might be willing to copy the book for
you.